Weather forecast: A dry and cool pattern for Western Mass.

The jet stream, those steering winds in the upper atmosphere, are south of us. This is protecting us from storms this week.

A huge area of surface high pressure under this upper jet stream trof will park itself over New England for the rest of the week. This will insure a mostly sunny sky into the weekend. It will continue to be seasonal with high temperatures in the 40s.

Our next storm may be another nor'easter that remains offshore. It will be milder than the one last week. We'll monitor the trend for next Tuesday and Wednesday as some showers may be in the offing.